Could Obama Get Away With It?

In light of Obama's appointment of Van Jones as "Czar of Green Jobs", one has to wonder what Obama has up his sleeve. I have to admit, this is the first time I have really become concerned that Barack Obama may have "Revolutionary" plans for America.

But, could Obama get away with such plans?

In short, no. I really don't think so.

He might try such a thing, but it ain't gonna work. Not in America.

One thing to remember, is the government is made up of not merely the Executive, Legislative, and Judiciary, but also of institutions which are, in many ways, bigger than the three aforementioned branches; the State Dept., the Pentagon, the FBI, and the CIA.

All four of those institutions wield tremendous power, and have plans which are larger, and work out over longer periods of time than any President is in office.

In short, they have their own agendas.

One could say they are a mediating force between the short-sighted agendas of the Executive and Legislative Branches, and the slow to move Judiciary Branch, as represented by the Supreme Court.

In a way, they function as extra-Constitutional checks on our already complex system of checks and balances.

Obama can basically order anything he wants. However, he has to get those institutions to agree with him, before he can execute most large-scale maneuvers, outside of Legislative policy.

Of the four institutions, the State Dept. is the one most pre-disposed to agree with Obama's ideology. The FBI and the CIA are in the middle, and the Pentagon is the institution least pre-disposed to agree with Obama.

Therefore, if Obama were to attempt to use the military for any extra-Constitutional maneuvers, or just merely against the will of the American people, I have a very hard time believing the Pentagon would go along with Obama's request.
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Midnight Rider butting in here:

The following statistics are part of a larger post I've been working on but would serve well for Pastorius' "Ain't gonna happen in America" thought.

For anyone thinking Obama may try something "revolutionary", use the military against us, have his own personal civilian force bear this in mind:

"According to the 2007 Small Arms Survey by the Geneva-based Graduate Institute of International Studies, the United States has 90 guns for every 100 citizens, owning approximately 270 million of the world's 875 million known firearms. According to that same report, about 4.5 million of the eight million new guns amnufactured worldwide each year are purchased in the United States." (The Invisible Man and His Wife, Concealed Carry Magazine August/September 2009)

Americans are an easy going (too much so) bunch but will not be pushed around and will not take kindly to being forced at arms to do someone else's bidding, foreign or domestic.

Should Obama try something like that, it will not end well.

It's in our DNA.